The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-18 00:00:00

... ~..,,,i. -, Mit - ......- - . LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 1864. The arrival of the New Zealand mail gives us s)me interesting particulars of the recent doings in that troubled colony. The most important part of it relates to the complete submission of a large pore tion of the Maories, known as the east coast natives, and their unconditional surrender of their lands into the hands of the Governor. Such a proceeding is most encouraging, not only as indicating that the natives are abandoning all hope of successfully pro. secuting the war, but as seeming to show that they arc at last convinced of our superior pawer, and that they must henceforth remain good subjects of Queen VICTORIA if they hope to . retain their possessions. After such an outbreak, and indeed after the long angry contentions about the possession of particular bits of land it was quite impossible that things should be left on their old footing, and it was indis pensable to the safety and prosperity of the colony that matters should be definitively arranged by Government authority. The Maories, who have so long held arms against us, cannot, of course, expect the same recognition of their rights as the friendly natives, bat as yet those who have laid down their arms have no right to complain, for the great object of the Government is to secure peace rather than to gain land. There is no chance of avoiding conj.. stuns with the natives unless they are fully con vinced of our superior strength and determination to preset 7e our propzrty. In this relation more than in any other, the best preservation for peace is preparation for war, for although the Maories are altogether of a higher class than ordinary savages, yet it is difficult for them to dis. sociate levity from fear. After pushing on the war :with so much vigour, and gaining so many deciaive advantages we can well afford to show them that mercy and indulgence which we have always felt, but which it has not been prudent to exhibit, and they will now accept as an a c t o f grace what they might previously have thought wire extorted through tear. The natives of theNN aikato tribes have not indeed made any submission, an d it is thought in some quarters that they 'will take up arms again in the spring. We should hope, however, that the useless and desperate nature of the conflict will by that time have been fully im pressed upon them, for it must not be forgotten that the natives are also suffering from the war, and have often been driven to great hardships, besides losing numbers of their men. WILLIAM TuouneoN, the great leader of the King move• meat, is said to be near Taurange, and to be openly declaring that come what may nothing will induce him to lay down arms, while a vestige of Kingism remains.- Perhaps by the spring he may find that not a vestige does remain, so that his pledge may be very easily kept. Already the west coast na tives, who believed the cause of the King t) be under special divine protection, have been com pelled by the misfortunes of the cause to adopt a new creed, and are busy learning the Mosaic law, which is to be the code of the god RURA, their new deity. The King himself and his chief supporters are assembled at Taranaki, which has been selected as his Majesty's place of retreat on account of its difficulty of access and other advantagea, which it offers for the maintenance of a savage court. Ge neral. CAMERON proposes to employ the winter months in a campaign against this stronghold of barbaric state, and if he could be fortunate enough to capture the Kiog and break up the King party, a most decisive blow must be struck at the rebellion. There is intelligence of the escape of about 20U rebel prisoners from Kamon on the 10th of September. They have been captives ever since last November, and have been treated as prisoners of war, excepting that a very slight guard has been kept upon them. It is mentioned as an instance of the native nobility of the Maori character that these men never attempted any act of violence, although the Governor and his staff were often among them unarmed ; and none of the residents in the vicinity felt any uneasiness at the close neighbourhood of such numbers of the formidable Maories. The Governor and some friends made a pleasure-trip round the island of Kamon a short time before the escape, when several of the prisoners menned the baat and remained in charge of it while the party went ashore. They made no attempt to escape, and were faithful to their charge, but at the beginningof September they contrived some means of getting across the narrow strait which separated their island prison from the mainland, and no more has since been heard of them. Some persons hope much from their account of the kind and liberal treatment they have received; others fear they will endeavour to regain their prestige by a call to arms ; but nothing is yet known of them. Something, too, may be hoped from the clemency which the Governor has shown to the natives who laid down their arms at Tauranga. Owing to a large body of rebels having made their submission to Col. GREER, the Governor visited Tauranga, and held a meeting, at which the principal chiefs expressed their un conditional surrender. " I mean," said one, " that the Governor is to hold the land as his own, to do what he likes with it. When we made our sub,. mission to the Colonel we gave up our arms and ourselves, and the question about the land was left for the Governor to decide." Another chief was equally conclusive. "We give up the land to you, you may occupy it yourself, or permit us to do so, or refuse to allow us to de so, as you please." Certainly nothing could be more uncon ditional than these terms. Whether the chiefs hoped to obtain from clemency what they could not gain by force is uncertain, but, if so, they had no reason to be disappointed in the conduct of the Governor. At a second meeting, held the next day, he told them that ho was unacquainted with the exact boundaries or extent of their lands, but that he should order that settlements should be at once assigned them in such localities as they might select, to be secured by Crown grant to themselves and their children. And further, in order to mark his approval of the honourable manner in which they have conducted the war, he promised them that the confiscated portion should not exceed one-. fourth of their lands, and that seed potatoes, and other means of settling, should be given them. The friendly natives were assured by the Governor that their fidelity should be rewarded and their rights scrupulously respected. Such terms were more liberal than the Maories could have hoped for, and it remains to be seen what effect this well-timed clemency will have had upon the still contumacious rebels, COLSTON'S Day in Bristol is always a very magi. nificent affair, and on the late occasion it was celebrated with no lack of enthusiasm on either aide. The Liberals and Conservatives seemed to vie with each other in their endeavours to do honours to the occasion, and the presence of 'those who will be the rival candidates at the forthcoming election of course imparted an additional excitement to the gathering at the strongholds of the respec tive partied. Mr. H. BERKELEY, after making an effective allusion to his long connection with the city as its representative, congratulated his hearers upon the prospect which they had of possessing in their new member one so eminent as Sir S. MORTON PETO. The bon. member's description of the political state er parties was humorous, if not always strictly true in its definitions. He exulted in the idea that the Liberals had palled forward so badly in the cause of Reform that they had dragged the Tories after them. Certainly this is not very apparent, and has not been so of late years, for it has been conspicuous that those who aspired to be the true exponents and real representatives of Reform have lagged in the course, and been the means of preventing any successful attempt in that direction. It was hardly fair on his part either to be so vehement in his detraction of the efforts made by the Conservatives to bring in a Reform Bill, and certainly silence would be more consistent than expressing satisfaction at the manner in which that endeavour was frustrated. Mr. BERKELEY gave good advice, however, when ho said that if the people really wanted Reform they must work for it themselves, and make their wishes evident. He of course made mention of his labours daring many years to advocate the introduticotionnuogfhtthtne ballot, and declared that some w support it choose to say that it Would not do so much as its friends believed. "What does he expect it to do," remarked the hon. member. We believe it will protect a man i n giving an honest conscientious vote. We want nothing more. We believe it will be a check upon bribery, and therefore we are not to be condemned by BERNAL OSBORNE or any ono else, Sir F. MORTON VETO made a long and rather interesting tions in coming for war speseh, in which he explained pl a a s in t e h d ei h r irse viewsp resen t a a n t d i v i e n . t e H n r h e ke andnotion de e t l h a a r t e dw thate ought we was very decided against t to have supported Denma , should ou r t r a d h e a v i e n h e u a d o h a a t h m i r a t n y n o l a r n n d h I n d j r u e r n e ,e children would have f e lt it." d That the total, arse years'er that t w ' a s r conditional, and absolute repeal of the Church-rates would be the cause he should ever advocate with his whole might and main was, of course, no news to his hearers,but Le expressed. his views in an honour able and straightforward manner, that rants credit upon any exposition of opinion or enunciation of belief. Mr FREMANTLE, the Conservative can didate, made his debut at the Dolphin, and appeared to give 04;ibfac4ion to his friends. At all events, he spoke out with energy and determination, and seemed resolved that no efforts should be spared on his part to meet the requirements of the task put upon him. He had one advantage on his side, which was that he could claim some sort of cons flexion and relationship with the good and famous man whom all parties met together that day to cele brate. His advocacy of the Conservative cause was very ably done for a beginner, and he addressed himself to some of the most salient points of atten tion in the consideration of his subject. He declared himself a moderate Conservative, and denounced the insidious tactics of those who are always avowing that the Conservative policy is synonymous with a re trograde one. "Progress, not needless change," he expounded as the motto of their cause. Mr. FRE MANTLE'S conclusion was very happily timed, for ho made allusion to the Society which brought them together, and observed that he had been told that the "Dolphin" had the largest brain of any crea. ture in the world, but that he thought it had the largest heart, for " large-heartedness and open handedness, end all that goes to make up true liberality, were the principles of the Bristol Censer. vatives," Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE'S remarks were in excellent keeping with those of his friend, and he also laid great stress upon the test that the Conservative party did not withdraw from any of their recently expressed opinions regarding Reform or improvements in the questions of the day, As for the notions that some people spread about as to their being a " Conservative reaction," he de clared that he did not think much of it, and it was likely to be misinterpreted. Taking all things into consideration it does not appear that a very vast difference exists between the different sides, or will exist when they are tried by a standard which will measure them in the world, and not by the extreme views that both sides are tempted to take when they are only addressing a party of their immediate supporters and friends. COLSTON'S day on its annual appearance hasbrought many changes, but, perhaps, none more conspicuous than the ex treme alteration that has taken place in the condi tion of parties and the mode of carrying on polio tical warfare, The fact is that now there is not much for either side to do but to follow the wishes of the nation. If there is any particular advantage on one side more than another, it is on that of the Conservatives, for they really come forward and put actions on record instead of merely adhering to words. On the other hand, the Liberals have had all the game to themselves for years and years, but nothing decided or definite is done. We are constantly hearing of the impracticability of their opponents and of the feeling of the country being against them, but we do not, see much that comes of their exclusion from office. When a new Reform Bill comes it will be the refic.ction of the wishes of the people, and there will be no occasion for either side to declaim abut their own merits and decry the conduct of others. Still, when taking a retro spect view of passing events, it must appear evident to all that the most serious stumbling block in the way of reform has been put by the so.called disciples of that school. By their exhibition of blind intolerance that was a disgrace to the prin ciples they professed, they prevented the other side from carrying out their measure, and thus showed that they would rather not have the thing at all than be indebted to those whom they had scorned and ridiculed as their hindrances in the work. Such conduct is very inconsistent with that of straightforward policy, it can neither serve indivi dual interests or admit the national wants. If at the forthcoming elections the lame insidious tactics are to be resorted to, the more they are denounced the better, for they will defeat their so-called pur. , rose of serving the country, while they damage the character and injure the credit of our leading public men, Now ready, price twopence, "n UN ALMANACS for 1865 , full of Comic A: Engravings and Humorous Writing. LIFEBOAT SERVICES,—During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat Justitution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended .C 13,819 2d. in the same peri,cl on lifeboat estab ishments, in addition to t7ranting £1,351 6s. Cd. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked perinns by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnest'y APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon don and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sole Manager and Director, Mr. W. Harrison. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS EVENING, and (1110119; the week, the performances yill commence with YOU KNOW WHO. Followed by Verdi's Grand Opera, TRAVIATA. Violet ta, Madame Kenneth; Germont, Mr. Santley. To-morrow Evening 'Saturday ), Gounod's Grand Opera, FAUST. Margarita, Miss Louisa Yyn,: ; Faust, Mr. Sims Reeves. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Private Boxes, from 10s. Ed. ; Stalls, 7s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, 45. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; I it, 2s. 61. ; Gallery, Is. Box Office c pen from Ten till Five. No charge for booking places, nor fees to box-keepers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE. — Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a new and original Farce, by Edmund Falconer, entitled THE OTLAIIERTY S. Mr. Edmund Falconer; Messrs. G. Behnore, Barrett. Fitzjames, &c.; Miss Hudspeth, Miss E. Falconer, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff, &C. 'A,fter which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of M A.CBETIT. Mr. Phelp.s ; Messrs. Creswick, R. Itoxby, G. Belmore, A Rayner, a F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. .Neville, Bartleman, (tc ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, .Emma Heywood, and Miss uelen Fault. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. 1111EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WIND. After hich, THE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pendale, Farrell, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, Sm. ; Mesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, &c. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers, Gordon. &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, • And OUR MARY ANNE. Miss H. Lindley, Mr Clarke. To commence at 7. VOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management or Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan mn, the King's Butterfly, Mr. rechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid dicomb, Ch rle4, M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, C it,eord, Collett; Misses Carlot a Leolercq, M. Henradc, E. Lave.que, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. 11. Widdicc,mb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue,Mis. Lee. Doors open at half-past G ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. , •orreotcr. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma jzornett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPI I.- Sole Frooriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, 31. r. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. After which, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Peg Woffington. Mrs. Stirling (their original cha racters); Messrs. Billington, it. Phillips, P. Bedford, Stuart, Eburne, C J. Smith, and Miss 11. Simms. To conclude with THE COLLEEN SAWN. Myles (with songs), ➢lr. John Collins. Messrs. Billington, it. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne, R. Romer, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Alfred Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss 11. Simms, Mrs. Billington, and _Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. t:IIINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD ANL) THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Frank Matthe .cs ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. Pa4r,rave Sim:mon. enti tled SYBILLA ; or, STEP BY ST.E Mr. and 3lrs. Charles Mathews. - - - To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Same of W(iODLOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles lirathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. HISS ADAH ISAACS MENKEN, whose graceful and classic beauty, transcendant his trionic power, and heroic amazonian courage, form the Delphic tripod from which the inspiration of her genius throws a new spell evon on Byron's MAZEITA, and who delights and enchains the Old World as she has astounded and enthralled the New, appears in her great impersonation t MAZEITA EVERY NIGIIT at ASTLEY'S. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor ugh and Mande: s. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Itaynham, slinpson, &c. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 2ss. per ton. I Double.. . 21s. per ton. T o p 245. „ Derr) Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbonrne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, foie .►_bent. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. EL GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish s tree, W. TO PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. In order that the Press may remain open to the latest moment to Parliamentary Agents for RAILWAY NOTICES, &e., for the ensuing session, AN EXTRAORDINARY LATE EDITION THE SUN will be published on SATURDAY NIGHT, 19th inst. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAY.—Morning, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, sh. 9m. To - itonnow.-Morning, sh. 30m.—Afternoon, sh. 54m. HE &U N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, /NOVEMBER 18, 18G4. Calls to the Bar, Inner Temple.—The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple :—Jones Quain Pigot, Esq., 8.A., Dublin— Richard Blake Steele, Esq., B.A , Cambridge—Sheridan Knowles Mackay, Esq.—Edward Ross Divett, Esq,, M.A., Cambridge—Charles Birch, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge —Ed mond Arthur Rain, Esq.—Aimable Emile Lanougarede Bazire, Esq— Thomas Adair Masey, Esq.—John Heaton Cadman, Esq., 8.A., Oxford—James Lowther, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge—John Charles Edmondson Coleman, Esq.—Henry Reginald Courtenay, Esq., 8.A., Oxford— Charles Howard, Esq , M A,, Cambridge—Charles Neil, Esq., Cambridge— Lovell Burchett Clarence, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge—John William Bacon Grey, Esq.— Robert Hornell, Esq., M.A., Oxford—John S. Malcolm Hastings, Esq., 8.A., Oxford—Rees E lward Davies, Esq., 8.A., Oxford—and Charles Gurdon Kemball, Esq. Middle Templil—The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday called to the degree of the Utter Bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple :—Charles Frederick Farran, Esq. (holder of the studentship awarded by the Council of Legal Education, Michaelmas Term, 1861), 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin—Maurice Foster Farrell, Esq. (holder of the Exhibition awarded by the Council of Legal Education, Michaelmas Term, 1861, and Certificate of Honour First Class, awarded in Trinity Term, 1861), 8.A., Exeter Col lege, Oxford—Thomas William Snagg, Esq. M.A., Trinity College, Dublin—Richard Francis Eaton C. Edeveain, Esq. —Frederick James Barnard, Esq., St. John's Colley, Cambridge—Edward Masson Hunt, Esq—William Arthur Warner Sleigh, Esq —Richard Harris, Esq— Frederick D'Olbert Bullock, Esq., LL.B., scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge—John Burns Bryson, Esq., University of Edinburgh—Robert Caird, Esq., University of Glasgow— Alexander Kennedy lebinta., TJuIVOISILy of Edinburgh—William Patrick Macdonald, Esq., University of Glasgow—and James Kirton, Esq., Undergraduate of the London University. Lincoln's-Inn, Nov. 17.—The following gentlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at-law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz.:—William Henry Campbell, Esq., 8.A., Oxford—John Hennell, Esq., 8.A., London— Robert Melville, Esq., M.A., Oxford—Lawford Yate Lee, Esq., M.A., Cambridge—John Moulton, Esq. 8.A., Oxford —Roland Bowdler Vaughan Williams, Esq., M.A., Oxford —John Armstrong, Esq., Oxford—William Arthur Hicks, Esq., 8.A., Oxford—Edward Gco. Clarke, Ricp—Richard Ward, Esq., M.A , Cambridge—John Gray Warner, Esq,, LL.B., Cambridge—George Tuthill Barrett, Esq., M.A., Cambridge—George Winter Bomford, Esq.—Horace Wat son, Esq.—Laurence Craven, Esq., M.A., Cambridge— John Edward Jenkins, Esq.—and George Cardalo, Esq., 8.A., Oxford. Gray's-Inn, Nov. 17.—At a pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's inn, holden this day, Daniel Abraham Hughes, Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin, the third S3ll of William Hughes, Esq , late of Claremount, Dublin, Esq., deceased —William Itomilly, Esq., the eldest son of the Right Hon. the Master of the Rolls —and Lionel Henry Hanbury- Jones,Esq., of St. Edmond's Hall, Oxford, 8.A., the only son of William Hanbury-Jones, of Gray's-inn, Esq., were called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law. The Unsatisfactory State of the Public Health. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Ever since 1863 the excess in deaths has been astounding, notwithstanding all our sanitary measures and the fineness of the weather. Can such excess be attributable to the re - vaccination of 1863, when almost everybody got re-vaccinated in consequence of the alarm of small-pox ? I am, &c., A CONSTANT READER. London, Nov. 14. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—TheSO eminent artists, whose last performance in Australia took place at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Sydney, on the 4th July, have arrived at California, and made their first appearance there on the Bth ult., at Maguire's Opera - house, San Fran cisco. They were not tardy in putting forth their strength, the plays selected being "Henry VIII." and the " Jealous Wife," in both of which they play the principal characters. The house was filled in every part. It is understood that an agreement has been made between the South•-Western Railway Company and the London, Chatham, and Dover, by which the former will obtain access for their whole system over the Metro politan Extension lines of the latter to the Ludgate -hill Station and thence over their City Junction line to the Metropolitan and Great Northern Railways at Farringdon street. The arrangement also embraces the widening of the Metropolitan Extension lines and the providing addi. opdaant3i7ifatrFeaaurriirnegd,doant-stthree ir efoorst,thuepoSnoulatnhd acquired by the London. Chatham, and Dover tl t h i v o ee n se a tu l eor a un c i o n o gcan m os m dlor. the whole of this system will be complete in already acquired LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE LOUISIANA, LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18. The steamer Louisiana, from New York, on the sth inst., has arrived here. She brings 151 passene gers, and 350,000 dold. in specie. Her news has been fully anticipated by the Bel gian via Greencastle. GREECE. THE GREEK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. ATHENS, Nov. 14, 4.5 p,m. The King has addressed a message to the National Assembly, thanking that body for having finished the Constitution, and appointing day for the members to take th'e oath of fidelity. The King also requests a revision of the law rela tive to the Catholic bishops, and recommends the Assembly to devise some practical means of amend. ing the Constitution in this respect. The above message was issued the day before yes, terday, and published yesterday. It was read to day to the National Assembly, and gave rise to an animated debate. The Opposition proposed a vote of censure upon the Ministry for publishing the message before it had been read to the House. Upon the question being put, however, the act of the Ministry was approved by 177 against 118 votes. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 17. Advices received here from San Domingo to the 25th ult. state that the insurgent commissioners who came to ask the conditions under which peace would be concluded have not yet returned. ITALY. TURIN, Nov. 17. The discussion on the Franco-Italian Convention was resumed in Parliament to-day. Signor Mosca, in continuing the debate, said that the Emperor had already declared that he did not regard Rome as the mortmain of the Catholic world. He interpreted the letter of M. Drouyn de Lhnys, of the 31st May, in a sense favourable to the eman cipation of the Romans. General Della Revere, the ex-Minister, is dead. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, Nov. 17, A M. The Golconda anchored at 7 a.m. to-day: THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, Nov. 15. The Massilia left at 4 p.m, for Southampton, and the Euxine leaves at 7 p.m. for Marseilles. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND uHINA MAILS, The Delta, from Southampton on the 4th inst., reached Malta on the 13th at 8 a.m., and left at 5 p.m., for Alexandria. The Ellora, from Marseilles on the 12th inst., arrived at 8 p.m. on the 14th, and left at 1 a.m. on the 15th for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 18. The Constitutionnel of to-day contradicts, as without foundation, the news given by several journals that M. Drouyn de Lhuys had addressed a fresh despatch to M. de Sartiges, the French Ambassador at Rome ; and also that he had sent a circular note to the French diplomatic agents at the Catholic Courts of Europe stating the t France guarantees the tcmporal power of the Pope. The Emperor has received the reply of the King of Prussia to the letters of recall of Baron de Talleyrand-Perigord. The Duke de Morny has arrived in Paris from his estate at Nades. BOURSE, Nov. 17.—The market has been firmer, with a slight improvement in prices. Threes,.for the Account, are now at 64f. 95c,, and Mobilier, 895 f, Railway Market quiet. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 92 25 Italian Loan 65 20 Do. end month.... Do. end month 65 25 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 64 85 New Mexican Credit Mobilier.... 8 7 5 7 5 Russian Do. end month.... 878 75 Austrian Bank Shares 3450 Spanish Threes.... 47i Credit Foncier 1175 Eiome Debt ...... Roman BA IL WAYS. Cash. Account. 837 50 .. 840 985 „. 980 881 25 .. 880 680 580 .. 5 01 25 .. .-- 476 25 .. 312 50 .. 310 442 60 .. 443 75 608 75 ss 608 75 362 50 .. 362 50 418 75 . r 416 25 1 1 0 .. 180 Or1eans.••••••1 • .... Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean Southern =•• Western Eastern Sardinian ...... -• . Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona BANK OF _ FRANCE. PARIS, November 17. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week, together with the corresponding figures of the previoua account : Noy. 17. Nov. 10. 500,000 • 182,500,000 Dn.. f, c. I. C. tai lB2, C p a r p o r tsin of ad th di e ti ß on an to k capi (Art. 8 law June 9,;1857) 6,709,185 03 6,586,119 62 Reserve in the Bank and its branches .......... 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 --4,000,000 Notes in circulation ..733,661,325 746,249,826 Bank notes to order and re- Treasury aco. cur.:credtor 61,722 , 4 23 55 57, ceipts payable at sight.. 7,797,740 49 5 , 898,108 44 915,866 68 Current accounts—Paris . . 126,822,780 81 131,259216 48 i Do. branch-banks .. 22,122,926 --22,310, , 392 Dividends payable _ 2,741,618 75 3 , 004,737 7b Discounts and sundry interests 17,867,700 43 17,106,314 13 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1 ,200,631,234 16 1,212,902,921 06 CR.I Cash in hand and branch banks '284,275,966 33 276,675, 5 77 06 Commercial bills overdue 1,419 356 62 872,467 43 C om mercial bills discounted not yet due......... 301 ' 196,270 56 324 ,77 6 , 302 66 Do. branch-banks 291123 259 287,442,180 Advances on deposits of bullion 21,382,153 95 22,595,853 95 Do. branch-banks 4,719,200 4,591,100 Advances on French public securities l4 918,000 Do, branch-banks,,., 9'382,510 Ad vances on milway shares and debentures...,,,, 26 054,600 Do. branch-banks 19,290,490 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds ... 535,300 Do. branch-banks .... 323,800 Advances to the State (Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60 , 000 , 00 0 Govt. Stock Reserve 12 980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable ...... 36,696,737 91 36,696,737 91 Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) ......100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of management 2,042,63 5 93 2,021,123 75 Sundries 16,607,600 - 9,575,050 - 26,494,000 - 19,654,600 - 521,800 -- 344,800 -- 8,467,818 - 1,200,631,231 16 1,212,9 , .12,921 06 Certified, the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. MANSLAUGHTER OF A WOMAN BY lIER SON.— Mr Richards yesterday held an irquiry at the London Her pital respecting the alleged manslau'hter of Susannah Holyolme, aged 64 years. The evidence showed that Edward Holyolme was in the Duke of York public-house, TyssenA street, Bethnal-green, on the 22d of October, and quarrelled with a man. His brother-in-law and sister interfered, and he struck both of them. Then his mother prayed him not to strike thew, and he threatened her, and afterwards he followed her out, and struck her violently oa the head, knocked her down, and her leg was thus broken. She was taken to th e h osp i tal, and there died on M on d ay f rom the injuries received. The jury returned a verdict of "Man slaughter" against Edward Holyolme. The coroner then issued hie warrant for the apprehension of the accused, The Western States of America, A correspondent in a contemporary writes as follows : —You know more about the American war than I do, though I am near a field of battle; but, while you hear about great things, I see small de• tails. This is a great country, and there is room in it for all the spare population of Europe—room and food, work and plenty. I have seen but one person asking charity, and she was a blind Irish• woman. As we rush over these vast plains we see wide oceans of yellow Indian corn, sugarcane, wild grass, and wheat stubbles, with occasional islands of green trees. Leave the railroad and take a stretch into the country, and it is still the same. In a thing like a tray upoa four wheels we drive where we will, for this is a land of liberty ; occasionally we meet a train of waggons steering out into the wide world, with a human freight and a lot of gear; they are farmers who have sold their land, and are seeking new pastures to plough. When they get to their new station they knock up a house with a few pounds, plough up the prairie, and, without more ado, sow and reap and prosper. I have mea sured stalks of natural grass over eight feet high. I have walked through acres of it higher than my head. The Indian corn is like a small forest, each stalk hung with two or three yellow ears, each yielding 700 to 900 fold. Cattle and horses are fat and lazy as the pig, and there is a market for every thing close at hand. If there were a hill to look at this would be an earthly paradise, as it seems. The people I have fallen in with are chiefly from old countries—Swiss, Germans, Norwe gians, English, Scotch, and Irish. Those who have strong arms use them and get.on ; those who have brains and arms prosper. This is one side of this fair picture, but no landscape is com plete without a shadow, and the shadow here is the draft. One man has two eons in the war, another has lost some near relation, a third has come home broken down with hardship, another has lost a leg and goes limping about on crutches, without pay or pension, "cussing." At any moment a man who has spent his strength to make a home is liable to be drawn and sent to fight whether he will or riot, and dismay reigns in this " bread-basket of the world." Same days ago I was quietly reading a stupid novel in one of the long cars on one of the railroads which make an iron network in North America. We stopped at a country station, and I was over whelmed by an avalanche of gray-coated men. They stumbled in and filled the car to overfhwing, One sat on my knee, another sat beside me, a third made a pile of packs and sat on my feet, and a cluster stood round us. All were sturdy, brown faced, hard-handed men, bat they did not seem to fit into their gray clothes, and it soon appeared that they had been " drawn." The only happy face among the whole lot belonged to a lad who was half seas over; he was a substitute; he had got 1,000 dole. from a richer man who could pay for his hide, and he was performing "Dixie" on a Jew's harp. " What have you done with your money," said I; "Drunk it ?" Zile Scotch Yankee youth winked his eye. " I've put it where I can find it again if I come back, and if I don't, them that's at home knows where to get it, I guess," and then he resumed " Dixie," and worked away till he wore a raw on his:lip with his iorefiager. My neigh bour on the right was as grim as a signpost, and he, too, was a horny-handed Scotch farmer. We got our mouths opened with a pipe, and it soon ap peared that he and the rest were " bad"—that is to say, exceedingly disgusted at having to go to the war. His brother had his head knocked off by a cannon ball, and he had been drawn, and he had not got a thousand dollars to pay for a substitute. As we smoked his heart seemed to warm up to his home. There was the town, there the Court-house, there the local institutions for educating the children of citi zens free gratis and for nothing, as well as they could be taught at Edinburgh or Glasgow. That was fine land off which a man could get a " turf crop" the first year, and then sorrow came over the honest brown face, and he seemed to remember that he was a prisoner going to be drilled and shot at, It was evident why sentries with fixed bayonets stood at the doors. By the aid of an apple and a cigar the , nearest sentry was set agoing, and he explained that this lot was " ugly," but that there was no danger of anything unpleasant as he thought, and then he puffed placidly and spat vigorously upon my poor novel which had fallen on the floor. At the neat station we stopped, and the conductor roared " all out for dinner." " Yes," grumbled my neighbour, " for them as can get out." " Let none of our men out of the cars," shouted a captain. I got out, and dined well and cheaply, bought a lot of batty for my neighbours, and returned. I met my friend getting out, fol lowed by a soldier with his loaded piece. " All right," he said, " I have spoken to the captain," and off they went towards the refreshment room. Ding-dong went the engine bell, and the train began to move. The captain beckoned, but the train went faster. He beckoned harder than ever, and the recruit came hurrying slowly over the bounds. The train went on, and by the time the soldier of the Republic got to the step it was going so fast that to leap in was a serious risk not to be incurred, of course ; so the Scotchman looked and made signs, and gradually faded away in the distance. One of the institutions of this country is a rope, which passes from car to car, and to the engine ; the cape tain seized it and pulled, but by some accident the cord was loose, and it came away till there was " quite a coil of it." Then the captain looked round the corner and " cussed," and the sentry, turning to me said, with unction, " Well, now, that's awful ; them's thousand dollar men." Now, whether the Scotchman and his sentry " skedaddled" or came on by the next train, I do not know, but not a man moved a step afterwards without a s e ntry- at his heels, with his hand on the lock of his gun. A second human avalanche of Germans came down upon us at another station, and so, packed like cattle on a freight train, we all arrived at last. Now, sir, this a great country, and she is shedding blood freely to wipe out the blot of slavery from her institutions; perhaps you do not know whose blood it is, how some of it is got, and the price of " a thousand dollar man " in the Western Stases. This is a great country, but I don't seem to want to live in it. No, Sir. One phase of this American war strikes a wan derer very forcibly; it is the change in the bearing of those who are engaged in it, "It is not good for man to live alone." Young swells in the old country are sent to school to take the conceit out of them, and they soon find their level in the crowd; but in this vast country men live much alone, and solitude works ill in their human nature. Those who have trod the bypaths of Europe know the manners of the people : the ways of a German beerhouse, of an Irish whisky shop, of an English country tap; and here in the west, a country devoid of graveyards, a German boor from some wide plain, a Norseman from his solitary glen, a Swiss, an Italian organ grinder, a Connemara man, a Scotch peasant, or an English labourer takes up his abode in a forest, or on a prairie, becomes a farmer, and lives alone. With all his native roughness he settles down where his nearest neighbour is miles away, and he learns that he is a sovereign per sonage, one of the sovereign people, owner and monarch of all he surveys. So he rusts and rusti cates for some years, or for half his life, and so his children grow up, good stuff, but rusty blades. Once in a while this country class travels. A son who has swarmed from the parent hive sets out to visit his parents, or a parent to visit a prosperous child. From Rome to Vienna, from Milan to Paris, from Hamburg to Madrid, cr from the Land's Ead to John o' Groat's house are distances scarcely equal to many of these visits. With travellers of this class a vagrant in the Western States must associate, and so he learns their wale. They are rough country kings, right good stuff, independent, well fiy!, welt pronperous, and good hittnonred ; they come of the class who in Norway ray " thou" to the king, but they are very rough diamonda hero. In the old country they were used to kickup their heels, smoke, chew, and spit freely ; they have done the came more freely in their new country home, and when they are jammed together 100 in one car they con tinue their home practice and spit pools. Recruits are not the most polished members of any society, and a crowd of recruits sifted from such a class is a rough lot. In the State of Maine I fell in with e. recruit. He was a lad of 20 or thereabouts, and he was rather "tight.' He spoke of "Old Jefl•" Davis" and " Abe," and what he would say and do to them. He had once driven one or other in a stage, and he would tell the " darned old skunk" how to rule the nation and conduct the war. Every fresh burst ended with the same chorus, " I am a rock—in the ground." He was a-very rough geological specimen, but he was on his way to the mill. Some weeks later a vagrant friend happened to meet the same youth, and found him sad and sober ; all the crow was taken out of the game chicken ; he had found his level in the ranks, and his stiff neck had learnt to bow to authority ; a drum mejor, more des potic than Jeff. Davis, had dethroned the sove reign, and he was tamed. Later I was crammed into cars with sciliers returning from the front, and their bearing was different ; the " rock in the ground" becomes a granite boulder by dint of hard knocks, and the soldier gets hacked and chipped into form. In a crowd of recruits men struggle for life and for elbow room ; the weakest go to the wall, and the strongest only holds his place by sitting sturdily in it ; but in a crowd of soldiers it is not so. One upright bronzed man, with stripes on his well worn-jacket, rose unasked to let two friends sit together ; another rebuked a waiter for keeping an old man waiting. In endless nameless ways camp manners outshine the country manners of rank and file, for the civilian is civi lised by discipline. The way by which the change is wrought is plain as the change itself. een army of autocrats could do little in the field, so Liberty has to whip her naughty boys. She does not flog them, but she finds ways to tame her rebellious cubs. The schoolmaster in "Midshipman Easy" had found out that one caning was worth two floggings, and the most stubborn Yankee scholar has to yield when hung up by his thumbs for a good spell. This charge of demeanour appears in all grades. Many green officers are noisy .oystering biades, full of very strange oaths, and bearded to their full power. Some " Cap. tains" and " Colonels" are like escaped counter jumpers; but the old hands are generally quiet, silent, courteous men, with the open steady *eye and fixed gaze which men carry face to face with death. The majority are old hands though young iu years ; they dress the part ill, but they act it well, never theless ; their clothes may be threadbare, worn, and dirty, but they have the bearing of gentlemen who are good soldiers. Surely this adversity has done some good. The traditional, cute, nasal boasting, drawling, impudent, long-haired, offensive being portrayed by Mrs Trollope and Dickens appeared last night on the boards of a Yankee theatre; but the real man, if he exists anywhere, has not yet crossed the devious path of your obedient servant, A VAGRANT. St. Louis, Missouri, October. The Alleged Federal Recruiting in Liverpool and London. Considerable interest continues to ba excited in Liverpool by the stoppage of the ship Gra: t Western, bound for New York, on suspicion that she was engaged in carrying out a number of young men from Ashton and London who had been engaged as Federal recruits, though ostensibly as glass workers. On Wednesday afternoon the Collector of Cus toms sent two officers on board the Great Western and pro hibited her sailing, and at Capt. Cunningham's rt quest de • tectives went on board, who personally asked about 200 of the suspected recruits whether they would elect to leave the vessel or to go in her to New York. Of these four men from Ashton only agreed to leave the vessel. Capt. Cunningham asked the police authorities yesterday to take about 150 men out of his ship and to allow him to go to sea, but he was informed that the police had no power to do so. At night 50 of the men were sheltered at the workhouse, and yesterday food was given to them at the expense of Mr Hull, solicitor, who was engaged during the day in taking the depositions of a numbcr of the men, preparatory to bringing the matter under the notice of the magistrates. We were informed yes terday afternoon that the municipal authorities had again taken up the case, and intend bringing it before the borough magistrates to-day (Friday). They were doubt'ess induced to take this step from the fact that two young men from London, who left the Great Western on Wednesday night, state that they were positively offered commissions in the Federal army. A number of the emigrants from Ashton were sent back last night at 6 o'clock, At the Ashton-under-Lyne borough magistrates' meet ing on Wednesday, Mr G. litigleish, chief constable, said he wished to call the attention of the bench to a system which was alleged to have been carried on in Ashton-under- Lyno and the district of engaging young men to go to work in glassworks in Now York. Eighty young men had left Ashton on the previous night, and from what he had heard he suspected that they were taken away for the purpose of being draughted into the Northern army. Mr Dalgleish then referred to an article and a letter, signed "George Under wood," which appeared in the Liverpool Mercury of Wednes day morning, and said he had had a conversation with one of the agents, who had told him that the firm in New York had engaged 300 young men in London, but that the crimps had got hold of them at New York and had draughted them into the army. The magistrates' clerk said he supposed these young men had not been accustomed to work in glass works. Mr Dalgleish said they had not, and ho understood a majority of them had not a penny in their pockets. He had been told they had been offered 15 dola a month. He further said he understood there had been an agent in the district engaging young men, who gave the name of Roupell or Russell, Maiden-lane, New York. Ile had, however, it was alleged, left the district; and Mr Hugh Shaw, Staley bridge-road, was said to be acting fur him, and his (Shaw's) brother to have accompanied the young men to Liverpool on Tuesday. He had been told that the agent had been told to look at the teeth of the young men engaged. The ma gistrates' clerk further advised Mr Dalgleish to see the mayor as to the desirableness of summoning a meeting of magistrates relative to this subject, and Mr Dalgleish said he would do so. The matter then dropped. GENERAL Tom TIIUMB.—After an interval of some eight years, a visit has been again paid to our shores by Mr C. S. Stratton, better known to the world as General Tom Thumb, a title of which he seems to be as proud now as when he first appeared among us in 1844. The distin guished general does not now come alone, for, following the example so generally set around him, he has taken unto himself a wife, and has been fortunate enough to find a helpmate evidently intended to bo his by nature, This little lady who has linked her destiny with that of her re nowned husband is rather the taller of the two, and possesses a pleasing expression of countenance, in addition to a figure which may be considered faultless, especially by those who look on a tendency to full development as no disadvantage. Providence has blessed their union, for with the parents comes a little girl about 12 months old. This interesting baby, who partakes of the proportions of her parents, is of a very lively disposition, though at present rather shy and disinclined to see too many visitors at once. Another mem ber of the family has yet to be mentioned—the sister of Mrs Stratton, Miss Minnie Warren, aged 18, to whom Dame Nature has even been more sparing in form than to her sister or brother in law. The present visit to Europe is entirely one of pleasure, and would appear to have arisen from a desire on the part of the general to renew acquaint ance with many of his old friends in Engand, and also from a laudable wish to gratify his wife's desire to sees" the old country" and some portions of the Continent. This wish on the part of Mrs Stratton probably arises in great part from the fact that she is of English descent, her grandfather having been a native of England who emigrated to the States. The general, his wife and child, and Miss Warren will remain in London but a few days ; but before their departure ,for Paris visits will be received at Cataldi's Hotel, Dover-street, from all to whom invitations have been sent. After landing at Liverpool last week the hotel at which Mr and Mrs Stratton were staying was literally besieged by persons anxious to 803 them ; but, in order to prevent any such inconvenience in London, only those who have received invitations will be admitted to an into - view. As the question of age will doubtless arise in visitors' minds, it may be mentioned that Mrs Stratton has seen 22 summers, and that her liege lord is her senior by seven years. MADAME TTISSAIJD'S.—Amongst the many beau• tifally executed.models, life size, which have recently been added to the celebrated Historical Gallery, in Baker-street, we would call special attention to those of Riohard 11. and his Queen, Isabella; Henry IV. and his Queen, Joan of Navarre; Henry VI. and his Queen, Margaret of Anjou; Edward, the Black Prince, encased in a costly suit of armour; the youthful Edward V , who with his infant brother, the Duke of York, was barbarously murdered in the Tower of London by order of his uncle, Richard 111, ; Archbishop Wickham, &c. &c., all being attired in the magnificent costumes of the respective periods. THE BELFAST RIOTS.—BELFAST, Wednesd ay.—. The commissioners resumed at eleven o'clock this morning. The first witness examined was the Right Rev. Dr. Dornan, who stated with reference to the police force, the Catholics generally have not confi4ence in them, and he would prefer a force like the metropolitan. With respect to the magistracy. ho advocated tha appointment of a num ber of Roman Catholics or liberal Protestants. He gave instances of assault and wrecking during the riots, and considered that if more vigilant measures had been used in the beginning the riots would have been nipped in th e b u d . Mr Sullivan was examined, and detailed the murderous attack made on him by the Protestant party when the Bankatoor Penitentiary was being wrecked. A witness at great length detailed the attack of the ship carpenters on the navvies.. The last witness examined was Mr Bernard Hughes, who had not finished at the rising of the cone., IMA br. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, NOV. 1 7 %, Her Royal Highness the Princess Helen s, tended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Mr Methuen went to London this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ife°ll out hunting with the harriers, attended by C 0 101 3:: the Hon, A. Hardinge, Lieutenant-Colonel si l3s cote, and Major Teesdale. His Royal Highness the Duo d'Aumale too arrived at Wytham Abbey, near Oxford, on a visit to th Earl of Abingdon. His Excellency the Austrian Ambasscdor tir/d, the Countess Apponyi are expected to arrived at COI" IL use the week after next from Germany. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador leOl d A l the Countess Dernstorff and family are expected to : St. Leonards in a few days for the Prussian Ernbassh ° Carlton-house terrace. The Earl of St. Germans and Lord Eliot hi arrived at the family residence in Dover-street, froth 4° Eliot, Cornwall. / / O ttl Earl Grey and family have arrived at the 4 Mirabeau, Paris. ei arric The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven in town yesterday from Ashdown Park, Berks. The a°bl earl had previously arrived in town. Viscount Sudley has left town for the Pr" l Embassy at Paris. His Excellency Count Nesselrode has left g°11; rigy's Hotel on a visit to Lord Orford at Wolterton rir Norfolk. The Marquis d'Andigrie entertained hie Ce 4 lency Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne and a select par t ' dinner yesterday evening. The marriage of the Lady Louisa ii-eFr daughter of the Earl and Countess cf Albemarle, and 0 1 mander the Hon. Frederick William Charteris, thi rd . 0 0 of the Earl of Wemyss, is, we hear, fixed to take plane.. 4 the 30th inst. at the Earl of Albemarle's seat, Quidde D9' Mill, Norfolk. / m i tt!, Lady Wolseley has arrived at Brown's •LY" . Dover-street. The Eight Hon. T. H. Sotheron-Estcourt, v n ' ut h and Mrs Estcourt have left Farrance's Hotel for Es' C ' near Tetbury. GENERAL TODLEBEN IN LIVERPOOL —G" Todleben, the celebrated Russian engineer ov, - ; arrived in Liverpool yesterday morning, from Mancile s ; shortly after 10 o'clock. He was accompanied by Boutakoff, another distinguished Russian officer, aii, u n io aide-de-camp. He was met at the station by M. Niemio, Mahs, the Russian consul, Col. Clay, and Mr Macksl' ii i el d The party at once proceeded to the Crosby Sands to Wide some experiments with Mr James Mackay's new vii n : adaptation gun. The gu n ex p er i men t e d w ith I v nj twelve-pounder, the steel of which had been tua u° 64 Messrs Frith, of Sheffield, and the gun itself bY ; ;DI Mersey Steel and Iron Works Comp an y. A target e :pl feet wide was placed at a distance of a thousand garde' a bolt of 12Ib Eoz, with a charge of lilb of powde r, ' t is sent through the target every time the gun was fired l ' ito (six times in all), and three of the shots were withillbos centre circle. Toshow the beautiful spin of the s hot, 14 4 0 was fired with a quarter of a pound of powder, and 11 ° 1 11 with only one ounce, and this experiment showe d 1 11 spin of the shot to be perfect. The last shot went ti" , - , e ( 4QO yards spinning like a top. The experiments eta the General expressed himself delighted wit h ,01 weapon and the results he had witnessed. The then drove to the Canada Dock, where it was eiP e ,, c to that a steamer would be in waiting to ccnvey th ei- 0 0 Messrs Laird's Works, at Birkenhead, but throug h B° o4 misunderstanding the boat did not wait for thettb,, General then drove along the whole length of th e u : 3 6 the length of time occupied in which would give ~1 1, fei good idea of their magnitude and the works of the luc re - Steel and Iron Company, where he inspected Wit h :Or interest the numerous iron-founding processes. Tb . ," . 54/ court target which had been shattered by the large gun was here inspected by the General. lleleft . 94 " pt before four o'clock, and departed by the first tray London. O AA LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—TRAMORE, NEAR 17 Alta Wednesday.—This morning about 6 o'clock ( ci.';oo Mr James Budd), the schooner Sarah, of Waterford, .0 that place to Cardiff, with hay and vegetables, was „Cla!' during a gale of wind and a very heavy eels into where she afterwards struck. The lifeboat of the ratios d Institution on this station was immediately launched, ,70 brought the wreck's crew of six m en sa f e ly as hore' ,:1 1 4 surf on the ecc talon was very r o u g h, an d b ro k e two oars of the lifeboat. THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART,—Ye Bti t lii 4 being the 10th anniversary of the death o f v job lamented nobleman, a meeting of the members of the ":,, ° ,,ge' Historical Society was held at Sussex Chamberec'eof street, St. James's, in commemoration of this sad e , c lo cl; and to offer their cistomary tribute of respect and go l ," l e tot to the memory of their departed friend and berl e '% i; whose loss in the present melancholy state of ral a . /l e pti more than ever deplored. In the absence of the pr es ,., l- 0 0? Colonel Szyrma, the chair was occupied by the Vic e ' dent, Major Szulczewski. 41 . 4 00 At a meeting of the creditors yesterday of A" j 3 41 Galbraith, Bigland, and Co., in the East India ir 6de .,' i if ttO failed on the 20th of October, a statement was ell b " . fl itiel", by Messrs Harding, Pullein, and Co., showing 1 i6b 4 "0 secured and unsecured, for about £162,000, of which is expected to rank against the estate, while the 0 0 ;40 estimated at only £17,806. After much discussio n determined to wind up under a deed of assignment' „ i ,. At a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Lazard, a respectable French merchant and dealer 113 16 , changes, who suspended on the 10th October, a sheet was submitted by Mr Kemp, the accountant, e h° 0 0 liabilities estimated to rank upon the estate 061 034 0' assets valued at £ls,B6l,leaving a probable surplus of b ig' According to the explanations given, although lb ° i ar 6 eli tl ties on bills are very large, it is fully believed after foil examination that a sufficient allowance has been rc s :Aie l all the losses likely to arise from them. By the January a division of the cash in hand may P r°biP/ 0 1 made, as most of the liabilities will then have run 0 6 ' 40 0 fidence was expressed in Mr Lazard, end a resolat i° :, unanimously passed for the winding up of the estat e " the inspection of Mr Kemp. 0' The suspension has been announced of Mr. m.. 10 Runtz Rees, East ladia merchant, with liabAi ero lv tl o for £llO,OOO, and of a connected establishment, fu w title of Matti and Co., whose liabilities are for SitPO Both houses are of recent formation, and the etePP7 o o # 3 apparently resulted from speculations in cotton se a 9 East India produce, for the support of which there " V I adequate capital. A corresponding house of Itlit it4 e : and Co. of Calcutta is also involved in the stop P eg . -8 an establishment at Berme in Switzerland is lilte w1 :0 01 :, lieved to be compromised. The prospects of the e r ' es tir are, it is apprehended, unfavourable. As regards the .4/0° of Mr Ruutz-Rees, there are shipments which gill 13 ' 3 it 0 be realised in Calcutta which cost £70,000, and Wiliclino tad hoped may bring about aspo, The dividend liabilities of Messrs Matti and Co. seems to depellnio f'fo some arrivals of remittances or produce that aro 'Orb" , from Calcutta. The books of both houses Are in °II of Messrs G. Butler and Co. sane THE MURDER OF MR BRIGGS . —The ate late Mr Briggs, writing to a contemporary', 0 t ; About halt-past 10 o'clock on Sunday night t 1 3,,,, presentatives of the German Legal Protection Soc ie ,"oo Boe 4 ) at my late father's residence, and stating that they ' Bo :o matters connected with Franz Muller, requested fe h ii ; fro Briggs. This being out of the question, one of °°Y "' ll e had an interview with them ; they then, assurni e6 v tb still and the rest of the family were dissatisfied with th e o tld f o l and notwithstanding his assurance that they We re , oto , mistaken, proceeded for the space of three-que rte , a oet i c e hour to recapitulate all the arguments which theJnoceP its ready made public in favour of Franz Muller's 113 ":we i f and endeavoured to persuade him to go at once Wit , g 06 .0 a cab which they had waiting at the door to Sir O e(l itori e c r el to plead personally for a respite of the prisoner . 0 ) not doubt, sir, that the widow and children of the tit IP o li man would be the last to wish that an ise ect ii c, should be punished for the crime, as such an e c ,, e , ir f not fail to add greatly to their grief at the lose n ie fv; e o sustained. and I put it to you and the public iebet,„l„,-11,1, should not have been spared so indelicate and o' v d .o appeal. If you will alluw me, sir, I wish to add tf p ;01 117- t fullp sympathising with tha feelings that proteP te ' "40 countrymen to make every effort to prove his lef ° oo e rclr „i maintain that those efforts should have been ie• 6 . e no tee ci i , it with their knowledge of the Until rg of facts , 1- Ch ei .a , which, in the memorial presented to air Go - 1 ' was stated that Muller's description of Mr Digl v -e tA: O l3 O, taut was correct, although he had been pre'? i° ll6. , n d r 'de') Muller by Mr Beard, and declared by the P r-e s unknown to him. Then the Edmonton affair %v 5 th e ‘ , le to, although an explanation had been giv6--A PI „ 1441 t ,pf li men; and lastly, I have been informed by the ptt" Walbaum that Muller told him that he 1° , 7 ; ao'gtl' opposed to the attempt to prove an alibi , 99 n ,Ens tray that he went to the houso of Mrs 1 00° s . ~,is s r of July, and that he had so stated to h is Joy the first." Edda AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.—Mr -; on tP ex-M.P., informed us at the M'Clellan ille et t is °9 O , nesday, that under Mr Lincoln "this 0010100 for 6ilf h ea r , 4 headlong road to political ruin." This is m 9 : ,,,0 9 : 11 ; t1 : r bea r VD born citizen. It is not exactly pleaeant Englishman mouthing stale phrases about ;to.", creed" and " the bloody carnival e$ fa uat York Trikno, Nov, 5.